Biografi

About Blady: A Pattern out of Time

Laurens van der Post · 1991 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of Laurens van der Post's autobiography, billed by the publisher as 'testament to mankind's capacity for partnership with the natural world&apos. Flat signed by the author t...

Dance of the Years

Margery Allingham · 1943 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Michael Joseph Ltd. 1943. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first impression of Margery Allingham's fictionalised account of her family heritage, printed on War Economy paper and with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impressi...

The Letters of Samuel Johnson with Mrs. Thrale&Apos;S Genuine Letters to Him

Samuel Johnson; R. W. Chapman [editor] · 1952 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1952. Cloth. Three volumes of the letters of writer and critic Samuel Johnson, with illustrations. Includes the original unclipped dust wrappers. Complete in three volumes. These volumes were planned as a supplement to Boswell's grea...

The Life of William Roscoe

Henry Roscoe · 1833 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, T. Cadell, 1833. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition set of this biography of English banker William Roscoe. Complete in two volumes. First edition. With a frontispiece and one plate to volume one. Collated complete. The life of William Roscoe, an English ban...

Memoir of Robert Raikes, the Founder of Sunday Schools

G. Webster · 1873 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Nottingham, G. E. Webster, 1873. Cloth. A smartly bound second edition of this very scarce memoir of English philanthropist Robert Raikes. Second edition, enlarged. Very scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece. The life of Robert Raikes "the Younger", an English philanthropi...

Les Vies de Hommes Illustres de Plutarque

Plutarch; Amyot [translator] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

Paris, Chez Janet et Cotelle, 1818-1820. Leather. A new and revised edition of this translation of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, or Lives of Illustrious Men, in French. French. Complete in thirteen volumes. Part of a larger set of twenty-five volumes along with other titles....

Oxberry&Apos;S Dramatic Biography and Histrionic Anecdotes

William Oxberry; Catherine Elizabeth Oxberry [editor] · 1825 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, George Virtue, 1825. First edition. Leather. A complete two volume first edition of this collection of biographical sketches of important dramatists and actors of the time. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette ...

A Memoir of Peregrine Bertie

Peregrine Bertie; C. H. Parry [Ed.] · 1838 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, John Murray, 1838 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce work on Peregrine Bertie, the 11th Lord Willoughby D'Eresby. The first edition. Bound in quarter morocco with cloth to the boards.A memoir of the 11th Lord Willoughby De Eresby, Peregr...

Prisons and Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences

Constance Lytton; Jane Warton, Spinster · 1914 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, William Heinemann, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this compelling autobiography by militant suffragette, Constance Lytton, who writes of her experiences being imprisoned for protests. The first edition of this uncommon and fascinating work. In the pu...

Memorials of the Rev. Daniel Chapman

James Grose · 1857 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Boston, R. Roberts, 1857. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce memorial on the life of Reverend Daniel Chapman, the first edition, illustrated with a frontispiece. A vanishingly scarce work, the first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece.A touching and concise biographical w...

My Life and Loves

Frank Harris · 1922 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Paris, Privately Printed, 1922. Cloth. The first volume of Frank Harris' controversial autobiography, a pirated edition in a custom dust wrapper. A privately printed pirated edition of the first volume of Frank Harris' controversial memoir.In a custom dust wrapper. ...

Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones

Lord Teignmouth [John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth] · 1804 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, John Hatchard, 1804 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Lord Teignmouth's biographical work about his close friend, the orientalist Sir William Jones. A scarce first edition.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and with a facsimile plate of ...

Marlborough: Hero of Blenheim; Blenheim Preparation: The English Army on the March to the Danube, Collected Essays; Marlborough"S Wars: Eyewitness Accounts 1702-1713; Marlborough"S Sieges

John Hussey; Dr David G. Chandler; Christopher L. Scott; James Falkner · 2004 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London; Staplehurst; South Yorkshire; Gloucestershire , Weidenfeld and Nicolson; Spellmount Limited; Pen and Sword Military, 2004-2007. First edition. Cloth. A terrific selection of first edition histories on the 1st Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill, and his notorious victo...

Nona Brunel Stepney Gulston: A Brief Memorial of a Saintly Girl&Apos;S Short Life

Rev. W. G. Spurrell · 1906 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Carmarthen , W. Spurrell and Son , 1906. First edition. Cloth. A brief memoir for one Nona Brunel Stepney Gulston A very scarce memorial of one Nona Brunel Stepney Gulston, an English girl who resided in Pembrokeshire. In the original cloth binding. Undated, dated from a cop...

Rambles, Roamings, and Recollections

John Trotandot [George Pulman] · 1870 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Longman, Green, Reader, and Dyer , 1870. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this charming travelogue, comprising various sketches that had previously appeared in a local newspaper. The first edition of this scarce work.Written under the name John Trotandot, George ...

The Family Life of Heinrich Heine

Baron Ludwig von Embden; Charles Godfrey Leland [Trans.] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, William Heinemann, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon work collecting letters and biographical information surrounding German poet Heinrich Heine, edited by his nephew. The first edition. Scarce work. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Th...

Etude Biographique Sur Colbert

L. Dussieux · 1886 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris, Librairie Victor Lecoffre, 1886. Cloth. A smart biographical study on the French statesman Jean-Baptiste Colbert, in the original French. French. A biographical study of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, a French statesman who served as First Minister of State under the rule of Ki...

A Bibliography of Dr John Donne

Geoffrey Keynes · 1932 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Cambridge, University Press, 1932 . Cloth. The second edition of Geoffrey Keynes's biography of John Donne, a Limited Edition work, retaining the very scarce dust wrapper. The second edition, with improvements and corrections.One of 350 unnumbered copies.With the front wr...

Reflections and Memories of L.S. D.

Laura Seymour Doolittle · 1949 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

New Haven, Privately Printed, Carl Purington Rollins, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Laura Seymour Doolittle's vanishingly scarce collection of poems and recollections. The very scarce first edition of this work.Inscribed by the author to the f...

Memoir of the Early Life of William Cowper, Esq. Written by Himself and Never Before Published. With an Appendix, Containing Some Interesting Letters, and Other Authentic Documents, Illustrative of the Memoir.

William Cowper · 1817 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, R. Edwards, 1817. Cloth. The third edition of this autobiography by the celebrated English poet, William Cowper. The third edition. First published in 1816. In the publisher's original quarter cloth over original publisher's boards.Illustrated with a monochr...